Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Odis, Klein, and Alger met with the "Rear Admiral of the Deep Sea" on a beach.

The "Rear Admiral of the Deep Sea," Harle Constantine, looked at the "Admiral of Mystery" and then at Gehrman Sparrow: "I suppose you're not here for my bounty, are you?"

His voice was crisp, even somewhat magnetic.

Harle asked this to make a final confirmation. Just now, the "Admiral of Mystery" had even helped him, so it was unlikely that this was a trap.

However, such things still needed to be confirmed face to face.

His subordinates were very wary, with some even placing a hand on their weapons.

Odis glanced at his two companions. Alger didn't want to expose himself and was even reluctant to speak.

Klein was playing the aloof Gehrman Sparrow, who was just a proud, expressionless face at this moment.

Odis had no choice but to answer: "No."

Harle Constantine asked: "Then you came to Whale Island for that rock just now?"

Odis smiled: "You could say that."

The "Rear Admiral of the Deep Sea's" eyes suddenly sharpened: "You're here for something else, aren't you?"

Odis ignored the question and instead asked: "What exactly is that rock? Why do you want to destroy it?"

"You should have seen it just now," Harle replied, not continuing with the previous question. "It's a stone that can cause mutations in living things, and our goal, of course, is to destroy such an evil thing!"

Odis smiled: "I'm sorry, but I find it hard to believe that a 'Pirate Admiral' would be so responsible."

The "Rear Admiral of the Deep Sea" glanced at the nearby waves and then said: "You may not understand the sea. I can clearly feel that the sea is quietly undergoing some changes.

"And the source of the changes is those rock-like things."

Odis frowned: "Are you saying that there are many such things in the sea?"

Harle's answer was a confirmation: "The ones on the islands are still okay."

Then he said with some emotion: "There are also many sources of pollution on the seabed. By the time they are discovered, the creatures in a large area of the sea have already been affected."

Odis pressed: "Where do these sources of pollution come from?"

Harle Constantine said: "I can't tell you that."

Then he said: "I would like to ask you to help deal with those monsters, giving us enough time to destroy the rocks."

Odis pondered for a moment and said: "I can help you, but what benefits can I get?"

The "Rear Admiral of the Deep Sea" spread his hands: "Even for your own sake, you can't just let this sea area mutate, right?"

"I'm a pirate," Odis smiled. "At worst, I'll just leave here and not operate in this sea area anymore."

He smiled: "Unless you let us know where that rock came from and why it's contaminated."

As he spoke, Odis looked at Klein. Klein, playing Gehrman Sparrow, indicated with his eyes that he was also willing to help.

Odis then looked at Alger, and Mr. "Hanged Man" also indicated that Odis could make the decision.

"Alright," Harle Constantine took a deep breath after seeing the three people opposite him reach an agreement with their eyes. "I'm not very clear about the specific situation either.

"Because if we knew that information at our current level, we would be affected by the corresponding pollution…"

Odis had already understood: "From the Outer Gods?"

Harle was somewhat surprised: "You know about the Outer Gods?"

Odis smiled: "Do I look like an illiterate?"

The expressions of the "Rear Admiral of the Deep Sea's" subordinates were a little unnatural because they didn't know the origin of the stone either, and they felt like they weren't illiterate either.

Harle gave an awkward smile: "Very few people know about these things."

Odis crossed his arms and thought for a moment: "We won't be affected by pollution in the process of solving that stone?"

"No," Harle said. "That stone only has the power bestowed by the Outer Gods, and it doesn't have the aura of the Outer Gods. It will only cause mutations in living things.

"But if you are in contact with the stone for too long, it is easy to be affected by it and actively request the Outer Gods' grace."

Odis asked: "Grace?"

"We call it grace," Harle Constantine said. "It refers to the process of obtaining some extraordinary powers without possessing extraordinary characteristics."

Klein and Alger looked at Odis together. They remembered that "The Hermit" had once encountered such strange enemies, who were clearly Beyonders of the "Witch" pathway, but could use some extraordinary abilities of other pathways without wearing any mystical items.

Odis pondered for a moment before releasing his crossed arms: "We will help, but we need some reward."

He smiled: "Don't try to morally blackmail us, because this is clearly your mission, and you can get benefits from the mission, while we are helping for free.

"You can't treat us like fools just because we have noble sentiments."

Harle twitched his lips and smiled: Who was it that said just now that they would just leave this sea area? Where did the noble sentiments come from?

He weighed it slightly before asking: "What kind of reward are you planning to ask for?"

"Answer a few questions for me."

Harle breathed a slight sigh of relief: "As long as I know the answer and it doesn't violate the principle of confidentiality, I can answer."

Odis didn't make any further demands, nodded, and asked: "Are you a member of the Constantine family?"

The "Rear Admiral of the Deep Sea" was somewhat surprised: "You…you even know about the Constantine family?"

Klein recalled that he seemed to have seen the name of this family in Roselle's diary, but it was only mentioned once, without any explanation or clarification.

Alger had never heard of this family.

After asking the question, Harle seemed to remember that he was the one answering the questions: "Yes, I am a member of the Constantine family."

Odis then asked: "Which empire did the Constantine family support during the Fourth Epoch?"

He didn't know much about the Constantine family either, only remembering the surname.

And he didn't know if it was a coincidence, but the family's surname was the same as the "Hellblazer" in Odis's memory.

Harle Constantine replied: "At first, they didn't support anyone, but later they supported the Trunsoest Empire for a period of time.

"However, soon, the 'Night Emperor' fell, and the Constantine family no longer supported any secular regime."

Speaking of this, he smiled slightly. In fact, he didn't mind talking about the family's history. After all, the Constantines were once an angel family.

Hearing this, many of the "Rear Admiral of the Deep Sea's" crew members were stunned. They wondered if they were the "Rear Admiral of the Deep Sea's" crew or if the "Admiral of Mystery" was?

Why didn't they know that their captain came from an extraordinary family?

Odis continued to ask: "Did the Constantine family have an angel in the early Fourth Epoch?"

Everyone around, including Klein, showed surprised expressions.

What?

The Constantine family has an angel?

Alger thought to himself: This is an angel family!

Then he recalled the information about angel families that some members exchanged at yesterday's Tarot Club. He had thought that the Constantine family was among the transaction content.

Klein, on the other hand, knew that "The Hermit" hadn't mentioned this family at the time. He guessed that "The Hermit's" understanding of this family was limited, so she didn't say anything.

Because at the end of that transaction, "The Hermit" had said that many angels had actually fallen silently or hidden themselves.

"Your knowledge of mystical history is very solid," Harle said with emotion, then he replied: "The Constantine family had an angel very early on. At first, that angel didn't form a family.

"Because throughout most of the Third and Fourth Epochs, that angel was an important member of the Moses Ascetic Order…"

"What?" Odis couldn't believe his ears: "The Constantine family's angel was once one of the 'Ten Pillars' of the Moses Ascetic Order?"

Through his previous communication with Theresa, the "Librarian," Odis knew that the Moses Ascetic Order was more powerful in the Fourth Epoch than it is now, and only angels could become members of the "Ten Pillars."

So the Constantine family's angel must have been one of the "Ten Pillars."

Odis's question stunned Harle as well: "You…you also know about the 'Ten Pillars'?"

In the education he received as a child, the Moses Ascetic Order and the "Ten Pillars" were very secret pieces of information.

However, Harle then thought that since the "Admiral of Mystery" was flying the banner of "Dawn of the Elements," as the main opponent of the Moses Ascetic Order, it didn't seem surprising that the higher-ups of "Dawn of the Elements" knew information like the "Ten Pillars."

And the people around, including Klein, were stunned. Many of them knew about the Moses Ascetic Order, but had never heard of the "Ten Pillars."

Odis realized his gaffe, cleared his throat, and continued to ask: "Why did the Constantine family leave the Moses Ascetic Order?"

It's no wonder he lost his composure, this news was really shocking.

The "Rear Admiral of the Deep Sea" said: "I don't know the specific reason either. I heard it was because of conflicting ideologies."

Conflicting ideologies?

Odis frowned and thought: The Constantines withdrew from the Moses Ascetic Order not long after the "Night Emperor" fell, at that time…could that time have been when the "Sage" fell?

So Odis asked: "Has the Constantine family always been committed to solving the problem of the Outer Gods?"

Har looked at Audis warily: “You, how do you know?”

He knew very well that few people in the extraordinary world now knew about the Constantine family, and even fewer knew about the career they had been doing.

“Don’t be nervous.” Audis smiled and said, “Some time ago, I just met a member of the ‘Ten Pillars’.”

Thinking about it this way, Theresa was also very likely an angel when she was "alive".

Har hesitated for a moment before answering Audis's previous question: "Yes."

Audis nodded slowly, feeling that his guess was very close to the truth: It should be the fall of the "Sage" that caused some differences within the "Moss Ascetic Order", so Constantine left the "Moss Ascetic Order".

As for the specific differences, Audis guessed that it was likely that some members planned to continue to adhere to the ideals and pursuits of the "Sage", while other members gave up those ideals.

Because the "Moss Ascetic Order" is not only not dealing with the infiltration of the Outer Gods now, but also seems to have appeared believers of the Outer Gods among its members.

However, the Constantine family, who left the "Moss Ascetic Order", has been silently dealing with the infiltration problem of the Outer Gods.

Of course, it is also possible that something strange happened to the "Sage".

The memory in the crystal skull that Audis found in the "God War Ruins" showed that the "Sage" was not in good condition during the Third Epoch.

The specific reason seems to be that the divinity in His body is too strong, and He encountered a similar problem to the "Ancient Sun God".

Then it is very likely that in the Fourth Epoch, the "Sage" could not hold on, mutated, or simply fell and became the "Hidden Sage".

Those members who were unwilling to continue to adhere to the ideals and pursuits of the "Sage" were actually influenced by the "Hidden Sage".

After roughly understanding these problems, Audis said to Har Constantine: "I have no other questions."

Klein thought to himself: I have many questions.

For example, are the "Ten Pillars" of the "Moss Ascetic Order" 10 angels? Besides Constantine, who else is there?

But he knew that these questions would not be answered, so he continued to maintain a poker face on the side.

Alger also had some questions, such as whether the angel of the Constantine family is an angel of the "Sailor" pathway? Is the Constantine family also a family of angels who control the "Sailor" pathway?

However, he also knew very well that these questions might not be answered, so he didn't ask.

At this time, Audis asked: "Do we have to clean up those monsters to destroy that stone?"

Har was slightly stunned before keeping up with Audis's rhythm: "No, on the contrary, as long as that stone is destroyed, those monsters will become very easy to clean up."

"I have a way, maybe I can destroy that stone," Audis said.

Har immediately asked: "What way?"

Audis didn't say it directly, but took out the cloth he carried with him, which was painted with a "space magic circle", and handed two corners of the cloth to Alger: "Hold it for me."

Alger nodded and pulled the cloth open.

Audis used both hands to take out an "extraordinary machine gun" from the magic circle.

The "extraordinary machine gun" weighed about 40 kilograms. Audis felt a little heavy just holding it in his hand, after all, he was not an extraordinary person known for his strength.

If it were an ordinary person, they wouldn't be able to hold it up at all.

Klein had seen this thing before, so he didn't find it surprising.

In fact, he didn't find it surprising the first time he saw it, because the appearance of the "extraordinary machine gun" was very different from the machine gun in his impression.

The machine gun in Klein's impression mainly consists of a gun body and a magazine or ammunition chain, while the "extraordinary machine gun" in Audis's hand, first of all, does not have a magazine, and secondly, the gun body looks very bloated, with many protruding places.

The position of the muzzle is not a round hole shape, but a flat one, basically no longer having the shape of a gun.

Audis held the "extraordinary machine gun", opened the safety skillfully with a "swish", then spread his legs, held the gun steadily, and pulled the trigger towards the uninhabited jungle.

Da da da da da ~

For a while, branches and leaves flew in the jungle, thinner branches were directly broken, and thick tree trunks were also pierced, creating small holes.

Alger and Har were seeing such a weapon for the first time, and were immediately attracted by its huge firepower.

However, some crew members felt that this weapon was very dangerous, because if the opponent had a rifle or a revolver in their hand, there was still a good chance of dodging.

This gun obviously cannot be dodged, because it does not need to be loaded and can keep chasing the target.

Audis fired a few shots, then put the gun on his shoulder: "Can this thing break rocks?"

"It should!" Har quickly said: "I just saw that the hardness of that stone is similar to that of normal limestone, and this gun can completely damage it."

Audis nodded and handed the gun to Alger, who was stronger: "Let's go."

He paused and said: "I suggest we go over by 'flying', it will be faster."

Har pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, but I will fire the gun."

Flying over means that only a few people will participate in the new action. He has heard of the strength of "Admiral of Mysteries" and Gehrman Sparrow, and is afraid that he will be left alone.

Even Sequence 5 extraordinary people are likely to be injured under the attack of the "extraordinary machine gun".

That's why Har made such a request, to fire the gun himself, to avoid being attacked by "Admiral of Mysteries" and others.

With no one wrong, one head, one hair, one content, one inside, one appearance, one look!

Audis had no objection: "Okay."

So Har carried the "extraordinary machine gun", plus Audis, Alger, and Klein, a total of four people, and flew towards the rock together.

Flying over there, it was easy to find the rock.

At this time, there were still a few monsters moving around the rock, and some of the previous rat corpses were lying on the ground, and the smaller ones were slowly floating up again.

After finding a suitable shooting position, Audis told Har: "This gun needs to rest for 3 minutes after using it for 1 minute, you have to grasp the time yourself."

Har nodded: "No problem."

Klein and Alger also felt that it was more reasonable to have rest time. If there was no rest time, then this weapon would be too powerful.

The monsters around the rock, after seeing Audis and the others, grinned and rushed towards them again.

Har learned Audis's operation just now, opened the safety, aimed at the monsters and pulled the trigger.

Da da da da da ~

The monsters were immediately blown to pieces, and the monster with a bird's head and a human body was hit in the left shoulder after only 3 shots, and its head was almost shot off by the bullet, leaving only a little flesh still connected to its neck.

The big crab was swept by bullets, its hard crab shell was directly blown apart, its crab legs were broken, and its claws fell off, rolling far away.

Audis smiled and thought to himself: This guy is here to vent his anger.

These monsters are not extraordinary people after all. Although they are large in size, they are actually relatively fragile.

After killing or driving away several monsters, Har began to shoot at the rock.

As each shot hit the rock, a small hole was made in the rock, and this small hole quickly expanded, forming a row of bullet marks.

Har began to shoot at one position, and for a while, stone dust flew everywhere, and a small pit was knocked out of the rock.

The next second, some black liquid flowed out of the small pit, as if the rock was bleeding.

Suddenly, the "extraordinary machine gun" seemed to jam. Har was clearly pulling the trigger, and it was not yet time to rest, but it just couldn't fire.

Har was about to ask Audis when the "extraordinary machine gun" in his hand suddenly staggered him.

Audis and the others all felt that the rock suddenly possessed a huge gravitational force. Several people resisted with all their strength to avoid being pulled over.

The next second, the gravitational force became stronger and stronger, and the four people found it very difficult to maintain balance.

Carelessly, Har let go of the "extraordinary machine gun", which suddenly flew towards the rock and slammed into it, and the "extraordinary machine gun" made of metal was severely deformed.

Crack ~

The trees in the jungle were broken, and the rocks, branches, and corpses on the ground were all sucked towards the rock and eventually stuck to it.

At this time, Audis felt as if a dozen people were pulling him with ropes. No matter how hard he tried, he was slowly approaching the rock.

The other three were not doing any better. Alger tried "Wind Control", but ended up flying towards the rock. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and grabbed a broken tree trunk to regain his balance.

Har was fighting against the giant force on one side, while attacking the rock with "wind blades" and lightning.

However, because the power emitted by the rock was too great, the hurricane summoned by Har immediately dispersed, losing its original shape. The lightning did hit the rock, but the rock didn't seem to be afraid of electricity.

In fact, the most dangerous person at this time was Audis. Har and Alger were both extraordinary people of the "Sailor" pathway, and they had very good balance abilities and would not fall easily.

Klein was also unlikely to fall under the pull of the giant force because he used to be a "Clown".

Only Audis, although he had the sequence of "Combat Scholar", mainly strengthened his agility, and the improvement of balance ability was very limited.

At this time, he was afraid of falling, because once he fell, he would definitely fly towards the rock.

Audis tried hard to maintain his balance, and was about to try to pull out the "Gustav Staff", but he was afraid of letting go and losing such a good staff.

So he reached into his leather bag and took out an "Explosion Scroll", but before he could hold it steady, it was sucked onto the rock.

He quickly reached into his leather bag again, this time gripping the "Explosion Scroll" tightly. After chanting the "activate" incantation in ancient Hermes, he threw it out.

Boom!

The violent explosion engulfed the rock, and the resulting shockwave pushed Audis and the others, giving them enough force to escape the immense gravity.

Audis felt a terrible tightness in his chest. He struggled forward, away from the rock, and finally, the immense gravity gradually lessened.

His reaction was due to being caught between the pull of the immense gravity and the push of the shockwave.

Imagine Audis and the others facing a wall pushing them forward, while the shockwave was like a giant slap hitting them.

Ordinary people would have been crushed between the two forces, coughing up blood.

Audis and the four others took a few more steps forward, and the gravity lessened further. They couldn't wait to fly up and quickly escape its pull.

Back on the beach, they gasped for breath.

"Deep Sea Admiral's" subordinates, seeing their captain return so quickly and the four of them looking obviously disheveled with some tears in their clothing, hurried to greet them and inquire.

Huffing and puffing, Harle told the crew, "Get me a glass of rum."

Audis simply sat down on the beach, "I want a beer."

The crew looked to "Deep Sea Admiral" for instructions. Harle gave him a look, signaling him to get the drinks.

Klein also wanted something to drink, but to maintain his persona, he said nothing.

Alger didn't want to remove his mask while drinking, so he didn't ask for any alcohol either.

The two small boats used for landing carried some supplies, including some alcoholic beverages.

Soon, the crew brought two glasses of drinks. Audis took two large gulps before saying, "The gravitational attack of that rock just now felt like it was at the demigod level."

Harle also said, "We misjudged. I couldn't have dealt with that rock on my own."

As he spoke, he glanced at Audis and the others. Now there were three Sequence 5s and three Sequence 6s. Two of the Sequence 6s were his crew members. This strength should be enough to solve the problem.

Audis held his glass and said, "Fortunately, it can't move and doesn't have high intelligence."

He paused for a moment, "We might be able to try to solve the problem through this."

Audis asked Harle, "What are your thoughts?"

"It's best to attack from a distance." As he spoke, Harle glanced at his ship on the sea, "Unfortunately, that rock is not within the range of the cannons."

Audis sighed, "If the 'Argo' was here, that would be great."

The range of the "Extraordinary Gatling Gun" would definitely be enough. Even if the Gatling gun wasn't enough, the range of the "Spirit Wave Cannon" would definitely be enough.

Thinking of this, he remembered to say to Harle, "We don't want any other reward, but you have to compensate me for the gun from earlier, right?"

"Definitely compensate." Harle was very straightforward, "How much?"

Audis estimated the price and then said, "1000 pounds!"

He saw Harle stunned and thought he had asked for too much, because now in the "Knowledge Wilderness", they were being mass-produced. The cost of each "Extraordinary Gatling Gun" was less than 100 pounds, most of which was spent on mystical materials.

After Harle Constantine was stunned for a moment, he immediately took out the key and threw it to the first mate, "Go to the ship and get the money."

For him, this was too cheap.

At this time, the armies of the various countries in the Northern Continent had also begun to equip machine guns on a small scale, but those machine guns were very large and expensive. It was said that most machine guns cost about 300 pounds each to produce, and selling them to other countries would start at 500 pounds.

The key was that the price of this new type of weapon, the machine gun, would definitely be several times higher for pirates. 1000 pounds was definitely not enough to buy one.

Audis's machine gun was performing well and didn't need bullets. The only drawback was that it needed to rest, but this drawback was completely acceptable.

Harle Constantine was thinking that if "Admiral of Mysteries" had any, he would buy a few more to use, but now was not the time to talk about machine guns.

Seeing that Harle paid so readily, Audis didn't take the initiative to lower the price.

He finished his glass of beer, then took out the spatial array again, and asked Alger to help him hold it open.

This time, Audis called Klein over to help, and they lifted four heavy pieces of equipment from the "Spatial Array".

Everyone didn't understand what these things were, so they gathered around to watch Audis and Gehrman Sparrow install them.

One of the four pieces of equipment was a base. Audis flew into the air, looked at the position of the rock, and then fixed the heavy base.

Then he began to fix the very industrial-looking main body. First, the chassis was connected to the base, and many "Gael Runes" were engraved on it. This was the lower half of the entire equipment.

The upper half was divided into left and right parts, both with fixed slides. As long as they slid to the designed position, they could be locked by the mechanical structure.

When the upper half was installed, a "Portable Spirit Wave Cannon" was assembled.

At this time, it still needed four "Extraordinary Puppets" to move quickly during movement and quickly complete the assembly.

Audis came to the operating panel of the "Portable Spirit Wave Cannon", first started it, and then used the spirituality inside the "Spirit Wave Cannon" to self-check to ensure that there were no problems during the installation process.

Then, he adjusted the direction and started to accumulate energy. Two iron-rod-like barrels slowly extended.

Klein had already recognized that this was a "Spirit Wave Cannon".

Klein, who had just been to the "God War Ruins" together, was very impressed with this extraordinary weapon. He didn't expect there to be a "mini version".

The others felt very fresh and discussed in low voices. They all guessed that this must be another extraordinary weapon, because they had just seen some mysterious symbols that were difficult to understand on the base.

When the energy accumulation was over, Audis said, "Everyone squat down or lie down, I'm going to fire."

Harle asked with a somewhat puzzled expression, "This is a cannon?"

"Yes." Audis reminded again, "Get ready, I'm going to fire!"

Klein, who had seen the power of the "Spirit Wave Cannon", squatted down silently. Alger glanced at "The World" and also squatted down.

Seeing that the others were still pointing and discussing, Audis didn't remind them again. He pressed the launch button, and then he also quickly squatted down.

At this time, a small spot of light was emitted and hit the rock almost instantly.

Boom!

The violent explosion pushed down or uprooted the trees within several hundred meters around the rock.

The monsters around the rock instantly vaporized, and the high temperature generated by the explosion cracked and scorched the rock, with rock debris falling to the side.

In the surprised expressions of Harle and the others, the huge shock wave arrived. Because they were not prepared, many crew members were immediately knocked to the ground by the shock wave, and more crew members were directly knocked into the sea.

For the next dozen seconds, the whole world seemed to be quiet.

Harle Constantine came back to his senses first and looked around somewhat blankly.

About half of the trees on the entire Whale Island were pushed down or broken by the shock wave, and the rock could be seen directly from here.

The remaining half of the trees were also affected, some severely tilted, and some had many branches broken off.

Alger, who was squatting on the ground and had not suffered any damage, was also stunned to see this scene.

He glanced again at the "cannon", which was a little more than half a person tall and had a very industrial feel. He now believed that "Admiral of Mysteries" had a weapon that could sink a ship in an instant.

At this time, Audis was observing the rock in the distance. The other party's size was half as small, and the whole body became dark, but that special feeling was still there.

Audis looked at his pocket watch. There was still half a minute before the "Spirit Wave Cannon's" rest time ended.

At this time, "Deep Sea Admiral" came over with a somewhat well-behaved face and asked, "Excuse me, are you selling this cannon?"